Thursday, October 30, 2014

Big Hero 6 (PG for action, peril, crude humor and mature
themes) Animated family comedy inspired by the Marvel Comics series about a 14
year-old inventor (Ryan Potter) who teams with his inflatable robot (Scott
Adsit) and his close friends to solve a string of crimes. Voice cast includes
Jamie Chung, T.J. Miller, Genesis Rodriguez, Damon Wayans, Jr., Maya Rudolph
and James Crowell.

Interstellar (PG-13 for intense action and brief profanity)
Post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller about an outer space expedition undertaken
through a wormhole by scientists searching for a habitable planet in the wake
of climate change that has left Earth devastated by drought and famine.
Ensemble cast includes Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine,
Jessica Chastain, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow, Casey Affleck, David Oyelowo,
Topher Grace, Bill Irwin and William Devane.

The Theory of Everything (PG-13 for suggestive material and
mature themes) Bittersweet biopic focused on the relationship of physicist
Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) and wife Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones), the friend
of his sister (Charlotte Hope) he met while they were students at Cambridge in
the Sixties. With Emily Watson, Charlie Cox and Simon McBurney.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS

21 Years: Richard Linklater (Unrated) Reverential biopic
chronicling the first 21 years in the career of indie filmmaker Richard
Linklater.

The Better Angels (PG for mature themes and brief smoking) Abraham
Lincoln Braydon Denney) biopic about how a challenging Indiana childhood marked by traumas and
tragedy helped shaped the future president for greatness. With Diane Kruger,
Jason Clarke and Brit Marling.

Bhopal:
A Prayer for Rain (Unrated) 30th anniversary retrospective
revisiting the Union Carbide industrial accident in India which claimed over 10,000
lives in just a few hours. (In English and Hindi with subtitles)

Death Metal Angola (R for profanity) Musical documentary
about the heavy metal scene in war-ravaged Angola,
the richest country in Africa in terms of
natural resources.

Elsa & Fred (PG-13 for brief profanity) Shirley Maclaine
and Christopher Plummer co-star in the title roles of this remake of the 2005
Argentine romantic comedy about a widower who gets a new lease on life when he falls
in love with a free-spirited septuagenarian. Cast includes Marcia Gay Harden,
Chris Noth, George Segal and James Brolin.

Jessabelle (PG-13 for terror and violence) Sarah Snook
portrays the title character in this haunted house flick about a young woman
who returns to Louisiana
to recuperate in her family’s waterfront mansion after a car accident, only to
come face-to-face with a demonic spirit that’s been awaiting her return. With
Mark Webber, Joelle Carter and Amber Stevens.

On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter (PG for crashes, peril and
mild epithets) International motorcycle racing is the subject of this
documentary inspired by another on the same sport released in 1971.

Open Windows (Unrated) Stalker thriller about a frustrated
fan (Elijah Wood) who starts monitoring an actress’ (Sasha Grey) every move
over the internet after she refuses to honor a dinner date won
in a contest. With Neil Maskell, Nacho Vigalondo and Ivan Gonzalez. (In English
and Spanish with subtitles)

Pelican Dreams (Unrated) Ornithological documentary,
directed by Judy Irving (The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill), follows a wayward
pelican from the Golden Gate Bridge to a San
Francisco rehab facility.

Sex Ed (Unrated) Haley Joel Osment stars in this romantic
comedy as a health teacher in an inner city school who finds himself falling in
love with the older sister (Lorenza Izzo) of one of his students (Kevin
Hernandez). With Retta Sirleaf, Laura Harring, Abby Elliott and George
Eads.

Virunga (Unrated) Endangered species documentary chronicling
conservationists’ efforts to save the last of the gorillas in the midst of a
civil war over the Congo’s natural resources. (In English, French and Swahili
with subtitles)

The Way He Looks (Unrated) Homoerotic romance drama about a
blind teenager (Ghilherme Lobo) who develops unexpected feelings for the new
kid in town (Fabio Audi). With Tess Amorim, Julio Machado and Selma Egrei. (In Portuguese with subtitles)

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